When you can’t think of a good rebuttal for your opponent’s argument, you can always punch them in the face.”

It’s attractive because it’s simple, it’s direct, it’s almost always available as an option. “Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. There’s one gigantic conflict that needed solve as quickly as possible, but instead, the characters just spent the entirety of the book bickering with each other, talking about religion and preaching their respective moral code. To be honest, this book felt like filler. Plus, for almost the entirety of the book, the setting of Abaddon’s Gate takes place inside a spaceship it didn’t have that intergalactic scale feeling that the previous two books have. Holden and the crew of Rocinante were entertaining, and reading their gradual development remain as one of the main strengths of the book, but they didn’t have enough spotlight here. I do think that Abaddon’s Gate is the weakest installment out of three books I’ve read in the series so far. The story begins almost a year since the end of Caliban’s War, and although it started interesting and wholesome, I overall have mixed feelings about it. Corey duo, was honestly a struggle for me to finish. Abaddon’s Gate, the third book in The Expanse series by James S.A. Please tell me I’m not the only one who thought this was subpar. This was underwhelming my least favorite novel in the series so far.

Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey